#Chapter42
/"I know, Emma … But I can’t just leave her like that. Helpless and injured./" She tries for a smile, but I just stare at her impassively.
/"Is that the issue?/" Jake’s voice breaks in, he’s at the door with his cell in his hand, as though he’s just used it. Walking back in at the opportune time.
/"She has no one else./" Sophie answers him, glancing at me warily. I experience a pang of guilt but push it down. She has no clue how complicated my relationship with my mother is. I watch as Jake frowns, his eyes losing focus for a second as he thinks something through. Even standing like that, the heat of attraction surges through me still and I push it away.
